College minority alumni boost donations and impact
The piece tracks rising giving by minority alumni at Syracuse Colgate and Cornell, noting $1.4 million raised by Syracuse’s minority alumni drive and higher participation. It links growth to alumni mentorship and recruitment, citing leaders like Ron Joyce and Kenneth Shaw. It highlights programs started in 1983 at Syracuse and Cornell’s Asian-American alumni effort, with scholarships and career workshops.
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Cohen
Syracuse
University of California At
Los Angeles
Yale
Ron Joyce
Colgate University
Kenneth Shaw
Robert Hill
Syracuse University
Hill
Deborah Mercado
Ralph Mercado
RMM
Sony
Tito Puente
Mercado
Damaris
Puente
Audrey
Cornell
Water main break prompts evacuation of Wall Street towers
A 30 inch water main burst at Broad and South streets forced evacuations of 55 Water Street and 2 New York Plaza in Lower Manhattan. The FDR Drive was closed, Con Edison vaults flooded, and both skyscrapers operated on portable generators as crews assessed potential impacts on 24 hour Wall Street computer systems.
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Wall Street
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South Streets
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New York Plaza
Andrew Clarke
Fire Department
Clarke
Con Edison
Brooklyn Bridge
Ex-judge clears Ferraro of mob connections in report
Harold R. Tyler, a former judge, found no links between Geraldine Ferraro and organized crime in his financial review. The Times notes Tyler also cautioned about not fully assessing Ferraro's husband John Zaccaro’s business and landlord tenants.
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Geraldine Ferraro
New York Times
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Harold R. Tyler
U.S. Senate
Robert Abrams
New York City
Liz Holtzman
Ferrara
Tyler
the Times
John Zaccaro
Zaccaro
Fire destroys nine former Mohasco mill buildings in Amsterdam
Federal and state investigators, with Police Chief Kenneth D. Trzaskos, say arson not ruled out as trained dogs search the Mohasco Corp complex for kerosene or other flammable traces. The nine vacant buildings of the former carpet factory collapsed after a weekend blaze that began late Friday night.
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Amsterdam
Kenneth D. Trzaskos
Mohaseo Corp
Milk prices and drug war remarks dominate Albany briefing
At the state Capitol on Monday, lawmakers criticized officials for not appealing a federal ruling on central governance and funding for dairy programs. Lt. Gov. Lundine condemned President Bush's drug war claims amid rising hard-core drug abuse, while Sen. Dean Skelos was named to head a Senate task force to bolster New York's long term economy and infrastructure spending.
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New York
John McHugh
Jefferson County
Lundine
Stan Lundine
Bush
Kay James Coles
Office of
National Drug Control Policy
Dean Skelos
Senate
Ralph Mario
U N envoy urges probe into Serb war crimes in Bosnia
U N envoy Tadeus Mazowiecki called on the Security Council to deploy 3 000 to 6 000 more peacekeepers to Bosnia and empower them to halt human rights abuses including ethnic cleansing. He urged an international war crimes investigation as Cyrus Vance discussed a possible tribunal.
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Larry Hollingworth
U.N
Sarajevo
Bosnia
Tadeus Mazowiecki
Poland
Security Council
Mazowiecki
U.N. Security Council
Geneva
Cyrus Vance
Cochairman
U.n.-European Community
Famine-struck Hoddur Hoddur Self-Help Amid Somali Crisis
In Hoddur Somalia local leaders stabilize a famine zone aiding 49 000 residents plus 20 000 newcomers. Police recapture camels looted by bandits while UN World Food Program airlifts W Mix rice beans and oil to feeding centers. Aid groups Concern UNICEF plan seeds tools crops and emergency care to prevent mass migration and rebuild through rains.
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Hoddur
Somalia
Mohamed Nur Shodok
Tom Locato
U.N. World Food Program
Hoddar
Locato
Fort Fierce
Fla
United Nations
Mohamed Nur
Army
Robert Donnelly
Suffern
U.S
Belet Huen
International Committee of the Red Cross
Concern
U.N. Children’s Fund
Unicef
Noel Molony
Bardoa
Vukovar Police Protector Faces a Ghost Town’s Echo
The veteran Vukovar police officer guards a shattered city where 20,000 residents still live as rubble. A tense encounter with a reporter leads to a rare moment of shared laughter as UN sources note a Serb majority for the once mixed population. Refugees from nearby towns recount ethnic cleansing from Bosnian and Croatian factions.
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Andoslav National Army
Croatia
Vukovar
United Nations
Bosnia-Herzegovina
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